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Filed Jan. 8, 19 23 I INVENTOR ATTORNEY S t. 16, 1924. 1,508,419 G. SUNDBACK COVER Filed Jan. 8. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IgVENTO/Q I i Q A TTRNEY present invention resides in the facility with which a slit may be closed when its sides are under tension and when a snap i w GIDEON suNnBAcK, or MEALOVIL'LE, PE sYLvANm, AssIeNoa To nooxzcnss I FASTENEB COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed il'anuary 8, 1923. Serial No. 611,210.

To all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, GIDEON SUNDBACK, a subject of the King of Sweden, and a residentv of .Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coverings for various articles, especially flexible covers which extend on opposite sides and around the edges of such objects as tires, musical instruments, athletic goods, and a wide variety of other articles of generally analogous shape. Such covers commonly include a flexible material in separate parts, or opened in several places so as to be removable and provided with some form of fastening, such as lacings or snaps, but such fastenings are not convenient to manipulate and the expense of applying them on flaps, or separate pieces sewed to the main piece is excessive. According to the present invention a covering for spare tires is shown. Sucha device covers the outside, extends around the tire circumference, and is provided with an overlapping portion extending more or less on the inner side. To permlt removal, one or more 'shts are provided in the cover closed at one end and open at the other. The cover may not enclose all surfaces of the-article and such slits extend from the inner edge of the overlappingportion over the tire and down the opposite side just far enough to enable the cover to be removed when the Opposite sides of the slit material are folded back: The use of only one slit requires that this slit extendmore nearly to the center, or axis of the tire. When more than one slitis usedthey may be spaced apart a convenient distance and are of less" extent than the single slit. Some convenient form of securing means is used to close this slit and preferably a fastening such as described in my Patent Na 1,243,458, ca. 16,

l 1917, is used. it has been discovered that the. fastener of this patent will go around an object, like a tire and is movahle'ou-t of own plane while 'still operable with facility. A. articular advantage of my nor could not be conveniently manipulated.

' y October 16, 1917, in which the opposite ed es ofthe slit are provided with mter- While this invention is shown and described embodied in a tire cover it ,will be understood that" it may also be applied to flexible coverings for other articles of analogous shape to which the covering may be applied 60 and removed in a similar manner and be adapted to extend on opposite sides as well as enclose the edges.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 shows the cover applied to the 65, spare shoe on the rear; of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a section on the line- 22 of Fig. 1, showing the cover, but not the tire, in section.

Fig. 3 is a view of the inner-side of the 7 cover with the slit opened and part of the 'Fig. 1, but without showingthe tire in cross section.

Fig. 6 is a view from the opposite side (if the cover shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a-section on the line 7- a of fiy reference to the drawing it may be seen that numeral 19 indicates the tire cover applied'over the spare shoe 11, and carried in the customary place on the rear of the automobile. 12-. The cover completely encloses the outer side 18 of the tire and extends around the circumference and inwardly on the inner, or opposite side 14: part way as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To permit removal of the cover it is provided with a slit 15 extending from the inner edge 16 of the overlapping portion upward and across the upper edge of the tire .11 and Some appropriate form of fastening means is provided for closing the slit 15,.

but preferably some type of slide fastener is used, such, for example, as that described prior Patent No. 1,243,458, dated loc ingl members 18 adapted to be controlled by a idable operating means 1'? movable throughoutthe length of e sllt to proml .gressively interlock or unfasten the connectmembers, and these flaps may be easily rais to operate the slider.

In Figs. d, 5 and 6 is shown another embodiment of this invention in which the tire cover comprises two slits 22 and 23,

also preferably controlled by slide fasteners and movable toward apd fromsubstantially the same point Here the-tire cover 21 is also made in one piece but the ortion 26 between the slits may be told backas shown in Fig. 5 ,to facilitate. removal of the rest of the covering.

Instead of completely enclosing one face of the tire, the cover 21 extends from the inside edge 29 around the tire periphery and inward along the other side to a point 30 substantially opposite the inner edge 29. Each slit 22 and 23 is of substantially the same length extending from its open end 25, over the tire and down to the opposite .or closed end of the slit 27-. Some form of fastening means, preferabl the slide type of fastener previously descrlbed, is employed to control each of these slits, when the portion 26 of the cover maybe quickly rolled back and the-remainder of the cover taken Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, lee-of the type having its diverging channels dis osed at a wide.

angle as in said Patent 0. 1,243,458, in

. order to be readily moved to open the slit by pulling apart the opposite edges without pulling the slider. Or, the slider in each of these embodiments may be made with its diverging channels disposed at a small angle, as in my Patent No. 1,302,606 May! 6, 1919, which type of slider is especially adapted for the less flexible types of material. Where the wide angle slider referred to is used it should be noted that this fastener will not come loose when fully closed, .since the material on the inner edge of the slit is not in tension, but only that portion oi? the material on the outside of, or over the edge of the tireis drawn tight. i

Among the advantages of this invention may be included the reduced cost and simplicity of construction for this cover, doing,

away with the necessity of any oyferlapping flaps fastening onto one another. Another advantage of this improved cover is its lacility of manipulation when applied to objects slightly larger than that for which it I is intended. In such a case there is no re quirement for pulling and stretching of the material, or the inconvenience attendant upon endeavoring to close snap fasteners under tension. With the slide type of tastener it is readily adapted to be closed with greater facility when the cover is tighter than are other forms of such covers. When a wide angle or tear slider is used, the single slit or the two slits may each be opened rapidly and in asingle movement by simply pulling apart the opposite edges of the material along the slit, thus causing the slider to travel towards the closed end of the slit without necessity for positively pulling it to that position. i

- While the invention has. been described in connection with a tire cover it may be readily applied to other objects of analogous shape having convex surfaces over which the slider is adapted to be manipulated. Among such types of coverings may be mentioned those for musical instruments such as violins, banjos, mandolins or drums, and particularly covers for game balls of ditierent sorts, such as bowling or basket balls. The invention may also be applied to covers which are adapted to extend around and entirely enclose all surfaces of the'object, as,

for example, when the inner side of 1 1 of I the cover shown in Figs. 1 to 3 beextended inwardly to the center oraxis er the tire. Such a cover is not adapted tor the spare shoe indicated in Fig. 1, because the supporting means for the tire, not shown, preeludes such use, but when the inner side of the covering is of longer extent it will he understood that the slit 15 will also have to be of greater extent.

11 claim:

A flexible cover extending on one side, enclosing the edges, and rovided with an overlapping portion on th an article, said cover being provided with a e opposite side of lllt single slit extending from the overlapping edge of said cover, .over the edge of the article and inwardly along the first side far enough .to permit removal of said cover, and means for closing said slit.

Signed at Meadville in the county of 5 Crawford and State of? 2nd day! of Janna?! 1923. v

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